“We express outrage that such erroneous narratives, obviously peddled by anti-Duterte haters and trolls, would find their way to the gullible TV host and his comedy show and unwittingly parrot these falsehoods to an audience unaware of the real score in the Philippines.

We find it desperate that, on the eve of the Philippine midterm elections, the vociferous detractors of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte would use an American comedy show, aired on Netflix, to demonize the Chief Executive and his government in its episode entitled “Brazil, Corruption and the Rainforest” before the global audience,” ani Andanar.

“Mr. Hasan Minhaj, an America­n comedian and host, maliciously implied that President Duterte is an ‘autocrat’ who “every so often goes on a killing spree.” He cited an exa­ggerated figure — 27,000, which is way higher than the official figure — to besmirch the government’s campaign against illegal drugs,” dagdag pa ni Andanar.